该片是由Sam Hodgson执导的欧美综艺,于2016年上映，主要讲述了.:　　Fol.lowing the succ.ess of &#.39;Big Cats:. An Amazing Animal Family&#.39;, engaging pres.enter and biolo.gist P.atr.ick Ayree returns to invest.iga.te our closest relati.ves in the n.atural world. - primat.es. 'Monkeys: An Ama.zing Animal .Family' .is .a l.avish .doc.umenta.ry tha.t follows Patri.ck across. the globe a.s he explores the incredibl.e evolutionary ris.e of dazzlingly. diffe.ren.t primate species. Today, t.her.e are more than 300 s.pecies of pr.imates. All .of differ.ent shapes and sizes, th.ey can jump .higher, swin.g f.urt.her an.d s.olve p.roblem.s better than v.irtually .any other an.imal group on Earth. But ho.w and why? Patrick. gets up close .and pe.rso.nal with apes and monkeys a.s h.e climbs the primate .family tree.. Beginning 6.0 million. years ago in Asia's. dense fores.ts, he disco.ver.s t.he ori.gin. of th.e earl.iest primates a.nd how th.ey conquered. the world, making it from .South Africa to Am.erica where the.y evol.ved. into the intelligent, inqu.isi.tive and more physica.l members of. the primate. family t.hat we now know as monke.ys. As well .as investiga.tin.g t.he ris.e o.f the .apes a.nd the birth of. our clos.est animal r.elative, the gorilla, Patri.ck explores why th.ese creatures d.evelop.ed .into incredible acrobats an.d h.ow they evolved to ha.ve strong an.d long tails., loud ho.wls or huge claws. From .the tiny mou.se lemur to .the. gi.ant go.ril.la, Pa.trick .explores them a.ll in a s.tunning thre.e-part documentary that fea.tures gorgeous pho.tography, extra.ordina.ry .animal behavior and one of .TV&.#39;s brightest new p.resenting ta.lents.